Tag: Explosives
Gregory Vandenberg, Explosives Possession, New Mexico 2025
⏱ 2 min read A former U.S. Navy SEAL, Gregory Vandenberg, 49, was traveling from El Paso, Texas, to San Diego, California, to attend the ‘No Kings Day’ protests on June 14, 2025, with a deadly plan. On June 12, 2025, Vandenberg stopped at a travel center in New Mexico, where he purchased explosives, including…
Jordan Derrick, Manufacturing Explosives, Missouri 2026
⏱ 2 min read Jordan Derrick, 40, of Sweet Springs, Missouri, has been charged with manufacturing explosives, possessing unregistered destructive devices, and distributing information related to explosives. The charges stem from his alleged use of social media to share videos of himself making various explosive materials, including detonators and TNT, between September 18, 2023, and…
Robert J. Niederbrack, Explosives Stockpiling, Ohio 2023
⏱ 2 min read A 70-year-old Hancock County man, Robert J. Niederbrack, has been sentenced to prison for stockpiling homemade explosives and possessing over 30 firearms in Findlay, Ohio. Niederbrack pleaded guilty to the charges, which include being a felon in possession of firearms, possession of unregistered firearm silencers, and possession of explosives. The sentencing…
Joshua Dean Hardy, Possessing Unregistered Silencer, Florida 2023
⏱ 2 min read A 27-year-old Century, Florida, man shot himself in the leg while patrolling his property in the early hours of July 23, 2025. Joshua Dean Hardy’s self-inflicted wound was a desperate move as he was already under investigation for possessing an unregistered silencer during a November 2023 traffic stop. Hardy’s property search…
